Law360, New York (September 20, 2010, 2:06 PM ET) -- Chevron USA Inc. is trying to horn in on a suit brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council and other green groups that claims the U.S. government has failed to examine the environmental impact of high-decibel seismic surveys used in oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
The oil giant asked Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Wilkinson Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Friday for leave to intervene in the lawsuit, contending that as a major leaseholder in...